Baloch insurgents kill 9 security personal

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Always sad to hear of constant muslim on muslim violence. And the fault lies with both the tribal culture and the colonization of Balochistan by Pakistan.

Oh Great Imran, will you speak up against this? Go sue Bugti and Marris as well as generals.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\16\story_16-6-2007_pg7_7
Dozens held after Quetta ambush

QUETTA: Police made more than a dozen arrests on Friday after tribal militants shot dead 10 security personnel in southwest Pakistan, hours after a visit by a top US diplomat, officials said.

US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher had stopped in Quetta on Thursday afternoon for talks on improving security along the border with Afghanistan.

The Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the ambush on Thursday night. The attackers pumped bullets into the back of an open van carrying soldiers returning from home leave in other parts of the country, leaving bodies piled up in a blood-stained heap, an AFP photographer said.

Eight soldiers and a policeman were killed instantly and four people were injured. One of the injured died in hospital overnight, said doctor Ghulam Haider of the Quetta Civil Hospital.

The attack happened directly outside the city’s railway station. Police said up to four attackers followed the victims in a car and fled after the attack. Senior police officer Rahul Khan Brohi told AFP that 17 people had been arrested in raids overnight. “They are being interrogated,” Brohi said. More arrests were expected as raids continued Friday, he added.

“We launched the attack to avenge the killings of our innocent people in military operations, including bombing raids,” Balochistan Liberation Army spokesman Beeberg Baluch said in a telephone call to the Quetta Press Club. “It was a retaliatory strike and such attacks will continue,” he vowed.

Quetta DIG (Operations) Rehmat Ullah Niazi said BNP Labour Secretary Agha Hasan Baloch had also been arrested.

Security has been tightened in Quetta where police set up roadblocks and stepped up patrols. agencies

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If it can happen in Karachi without Altaf shedding a tear, then why cant it happen in Balochistan?

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9 army personnel, two police officers assassinated, yet not a whisper from any political leader? Here lies the hypocrisy of our political leaders and what to say for all the upright guppies, where has their sense of justice suddenly evaporated?

700+ Pak Soldiers have been killed in Frontier/Fata not even a simple condemnation, why? Were they not of Pak origin or is it because the other side has bigger guns?

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what kind of logic is that? what is wrong is wrong, no matter where it happens.

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What a waste hope theyd killed MQM gondas instead.

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Loss of life is sad, but there is a huge difference between attacking Army/Security personnel who conduct operations against you, vs unarmed innocents

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They were likely unarmed if that matters to you, they were on leave.

Some pictures of the aftermath.

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This is really sad. I condemn such acts done by anyone. But why are you just picking on Imran? I think it is time that not just Imran but the entire country raise its voice against such criminals be it Altaf, bhagti, or anyone.

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BLA is a terrorist organization, its bhagoray leaders need to be brought to justice. The time is right, just as we are rightfully looking at getting altaf, and to show the countries that war against terror is a two way street, we should be going after BLA as well.

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i agree Khehkashan, BLA is as bad as MQM, and therefore everyone should speak out and act against both of them. To the credit of Imran atleast hes gone half way and gone against one terrorist organization.

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And the army is ten times worse than BLA or MQM in that case. They've killed thousands more, I would post images of dead mohajris and balochs but they would be edited out. The fact is that Imran and his chamchas are only fixated on MQM on the orders of Hamid Gul type people and will never speak of what BLA, jihadis, Taliban, and army have done in Pakistan. That is the hypocrisy Imran stands for and people like you support.

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so you condemn the hypocricy of the current political lackeys of the military, such as MQM and PML(Q) for aiding and enabling such an institution yes? Why havent I heard you criticizing those such as MQM who have aided a military dictator to the extent of orchestrating the organized killing of anti military-dictator protesters? Why does your signature merely say Military-Mulla alliance when it is now clearly Military-MQM-Mulla alliance?

If you admit that MQM is bad and say the Army is worse then it is definitely not hypocrisy to single mindedly go after one particular evil. To give an example, there may be several pressing problems in the world, and different organizations/NGOs dont always prioritise them the same way. It might be hypocritical if it were a military person going after MQM, but we clearly know given MQM's loyalty and allegiance to the military dictator thats not gonna happen soon is it.

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Time has come to go tough on anti-Pakistani elements- MQM, BLA, QJP, Sipah-e-Mohammed etc. and make Pakistan a better place to live.

~**~ Tussi Baray ----- Ho ~~~~ ~**~
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Yeah, but the MQM is hand in glove with the Army.. MQM probably wouldnt be in power if it werent for Army support.
MQM has even gone so far as organize a mass riot on behalf of the Army and Army lead govt.

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If you live in a country like Pakistan, eventually you will get dirty as well. Such is what has happened to MQM. But the biggest creators of dirt rare and will remain army and mullahs. It is through their direct actions that Pakistan finds itself in the situation it is today. MQM is allied with army due to Musharraf, at least not being completely anti-mohajris like other generals have been in the past. MQM has obviously tried to capitalize on this and wrongly assumed that one dictator is better than the other. But this alliance will prove temporary once Musharraf goes his way. The same cannot be said of mullahs group, who despite being in "opposition" follow directions from agencies when ti is necessary. While MQM's connection is mostly with Musharraf, the deep connections of agencies is till with mullahs and taliban. This can be seen bow easily taliban come and go in Pakistan.

There is a difference between a political alliance and the deep idealogical alliance that jihadis within the army have with jihadis in the taliban.

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MQM wouldn't be in power without army support? How did MQM survive when the army was killing its members? It was the army, or Musharraf in particular who came running to MQM for support and to save him from BB, not the other way around. MQM has survived when army was dead set against it and will always survive no matter who is in power.

Agar Tum Mil Jao !!
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It means you are supporting it?

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dont forget sipah e sahaba, lashkar e jhangvi and the mullahs :)

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Im not talking about the 90's im talking about the current setup...
Did MQM make a deal with an elected govt? Hardly, MQM is in bed with pseudo democratic party that is nothing but a show piece for the GHQ...
You know as well as anyone else that MQM is in leagues with the Army to stay in power...
Thats why they are so obsesivly intunes to the need of Musharaf, because he is there only ticket to power.
And the Army wouldnt be going after the Mohajirs if they werent corrupt bunch of thugs to begin with. MQM have shown their true cloros on many occasions.

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What a way to divert the topic!

May Allah grant Jannah to the fallen soldiers. Ameen.